Two teens killed, three injured in I-57 accident involving stolen SUV

Two teenagers were killed and three injured in a single-car crash on Interstate 57 in the south suburbs just before 5 a.m. this morning, according to the Illinois State Police.

The SUV they were in was reported stolen from South Suburban Matteson on New Year's Eve, officials said.

The 16-year-old driver and his 17-year-old female passenger both died after the white SUV they were in left the highway, rolled over several times and ended up in the woods east of the highway, officials said. Master Sgt. Dave Keltner said later that the vehicle left the road "at a high rate of speed," rolled over and hit a tree.

They were traveling north and crashed near 186th Street in Country Club Hills, State police officials said.

Two other male passengers and a female passenger were injured. Keltner said the occupants of the vehicle ranged in age from 16 to 19 and that the three survivors were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, St. James Hospital and Health Centers, and Advocate South Suburban Hospital. Keltner said none of their injuries were life-threatening.

The female, who was from Country Club Hills, was pronounced dead at 5:49 a.m. at St. James and the boy who was from Matteson, was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:22 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Police said toxicology exams will be conducted on the driver to determine if drugs or alcohol were involved.

Matteson police officials would not comment on whether the vehicle was stolen.